deskutils/calibre 8.16.2_7 DragonFly

Ebook management application

System: DragonFly
Repository: DPorts
Maintainer: [email protected] (as in FreeBSD)
License: GPLv3
Categories: deskutils, python
Package size: 27182.5 KiB, 64467.0 KiB installed

Description

Calibre is meant to be a complete e-library solution and thus includes library management, format conversion, news feeds to ebook conversion, as well as e-book reader sync features and an integrated e-book viewer.

In the other systems

The newest version among them is 8.16.2, as upstream numbers it.

System

Port

Version

Vulnerabilities

Status

Maintainer

Last update

DragonFly

deskutils/calibre

8.16.2_7 newest

none known

[email protected]

FreeBSD

deskutils/calibre

8.16.2_8 newest

none known

[email protected]

2026-10-31

OpenBSD

textproc/calibre by name

8.0.1p2 behind since 2026-11-04

no data

The OpenBSD ports mailing-list <[email protected]>

2026-08-12

MidnightBSD

deskutils/calibre

8.16.2_3 newest

no data

[email protected]

2026-11-04

GhostBSD

deskutils/calibre

8.16.2_7 newest

no data

[email protected]

Compare across BSDs

Version history 1

8.16.2 2026-11-11

Upstream's version as each commit to the port's Makefile set it, or as this site first saw it in the system's packages; the tree's own revisions are not versions here.

Install

Binary package:

pkg install calibre

From DPorts:

cd /usr/dports/deskutils/calibre && make install clean

Dependency graph

Ports that need it on the left, what it needs to run on the right; at most 8 of each. "Dependencies" below lists them all.

graph LR
  me["deskutils/calibre"]
  me --> d0["archivers/py-py7zr"]
  me --> d1["archivers/py-pyzstd"]
  me --> d2["databases/py-apsw"]
  me --> d3["databases/py-sqlite3"]
  me --> d4["databases/sqlite3"]
  me --> d5["devel/desktop-file-utils"]
  me --> d6["devel/icu"]
  me --> d7["devel/py-jeepney"]
  me -.-> dmore(["49 more"])
  classDef this fill:#ab2b28,color:#ffffff,stroke:#ab2b28
  class me this

Dependencies

Run dependencies 57

No port depends on this one.

Configuration

No options to configure.

Service scripts: none

Message after installing

To talk to USB and MTP devices the user needs to be able to access
the device node in /dev.

to be aware of USB devices attached to the machine, the user needs
to be a member of the operator group:

# pw groupmod operator -m yourusername

Then, add the following to /etc/devfs.rules, or create this file
if it does not exist yet:

[system=10]
add path 'usb/*' mode 0660 group operator

To load these new rules, add the following to /etc/rc.conf:

devfs_system_ruleset="system"

Then, restart devfs

# service devfs restart

---

If you are using an Android device as your e-book reader, please note
that the stock Google Books app uses a storage format that is not
supported by calibre.  The calibre FAQ recommends that either of the
free apps Aldiko or WordPlayer are used instead.

---

A basic startup script for calibre-server has been installed.

It can be customized and configured using the flags described in
the headers of the startup script. The calibre_user and calibre_library
variables need to be configured to point to a library and the user
with write access to it. For example the user you usually run calibre
on the desktop as.

The command line options are documented here:

https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/generated/en/calibre-server.html